Finding and Grooming Tomorrow’s Leaders Ideas to Tailor to Your Unit’s Needs

Finding and Finding and GroomingGrooming

Tomorrow’s LeadersTomorrow’s LeadersIdeas to Tailor to YourUnit’s Needs

AgendaAgenda

•Encouraging volunteers to take on unit roles

•Strategies for making each role manageable…and fun!

•Deciding which committees are necessary…and which are not

http://librarianbyday.net/2009/02/13/stress-managementt-in-the-library-workplace/

Encouraging Encouraging VolunteersVolunteers•Training

•Feedback•Interaction•Recognition•Rewards•Free food

Photo by Stina Johnasson from Flickr

Provide TrainingProvide Training

http://lempathetics.org/2011/07/24/swinging-the-pendulum-too-far-on-teacher-training/

Offer FeedbackOffer Feedback

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SwordFight/

Offer FeedbackOffer Feedback

http://blogs.voanews.com/tedianphairsamerica/2011/05/16/the-last-days-of-conversation/

Emphasize InteractionEmphasize Interaction

Photo courtesy of the State Library of Queensland, Austrailia

Recognize VolunteersRecognize Volunteers

http://www.sm4em.org/2012/01/thank-you-seems-insufficient/

Reward Hard WorkReward Hard Work

http://volunteermatch.org/ for Calavazas Library Volunteers

Provide FoodProvide Food

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_pizza/

Making Workloads Making Workloads ManageableManageable

•Job description•What needs to be done?•Flexibility to get it done•Authority to act•Freedom to fail•Connection to othershttp://www.open.edu/openlearn/body-mind/psychology/beating-stress-the-city-jobs-trader-s-experiments-psychological-reorientation-trading/

Write a Job Write a Job DescriptionDescriptionChair

A chair is a raised surface used to sit on, commonly for use by one person. Chairs are most often supported by four legs and have a back, however, a chair can have three legs or could have a different shape.A chair without a back or arm rests is a stool, or when raised up a bar stool. A chair with arms is an armchair and with folding action and inclining footrest, a recliner…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair/

What Needs to be What Needs to be DoneDone

http://businessinsider.com/iso-5-features-2011-67op=1/

Be FlexibleBe Flexible

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_stretching_at_Ouwehands_2012.jpg

Authority to ActAuthority to Act

http://internationalgrowthblog.com/2011/11/negotiating-a-services-contract-3-critical-points-to-consider/

Freedom to FailFreedom to Fail

http://www.flickr.com/photos/opelblog/7335983024/

Connection to OthersConnection to Others

http://www.stockphotosecrets.com/

Choosing Appropriate Choosing Appropriate CommitteesCommittees

•Mission/Vision/Charter•What needs to be done?•Solo vs. team work•Use committees to develop leaders

http://www.sla.org/content/learn/members/leadtrain/index.cfm /

What Direction?What Direction?

http://conviviality.ca/2011/11/key-information-sources-we-review-for-our-strategic-plan/

Prioritize EffortsPrioritize Efforts

http://scottwriteseverything.com/2009/09/22/google-reader-links-for-first-day-of-fall/

Solo vs. Team WorkSolo vs. Team Work

http://valsh143.blogspot.com/2012/06/olympic-torch-relay.html/http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/games_of_inspiration2/

Grow New LeadersGrow New Leaders

http://collaborative-coaching.com/evolution-cooperation-in-teams/

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Deborah KellerDeborah Keller

Director of Strategic Planning,Knowledge Management Division

deborah.keller@hq.dhs.gov